Julia Altshuler wrote:

>There's another advantage to Penzey's mail order that no one has
>mentioned: the catalog itself. If there were a Penzey's in town, I
>could go into the store, see and smell the spices, and hopefully talk to
>the sales staff about how to use them, maybe pick up photocopied
>recipes. I'd have to ask about prices.
>
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>With the catalog at home, it is more like reading a reference book.

Nah, it's culinary porn.

Marc "Lee Valley, Highland Hardware, Chef's Catalog, Penzeys, Wms-Sonoma . . .
uhhh, 'scuse me for a moment"